Beaumont, Texas - World's (3rd) Largest Fire Hydrant
Field Report by the Roadsideamerica.com Team
- Address:
- 400 Walnut Street, Beaumont, TX [Show Map]
- Directions:
- Fire Museum of Texas. From I-10 in Beaumont exit Downtown, turn left on Calder. Corner of Main and Mulberry.
- Admission:
- Free.
- Hours:
- Museum open M-F 8-4:30 (Call to verify)
- Phone:
- 409-880-3927
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On the first floor of the free museum, visitors can explore the extensive collection of fire engines and firefighting equipment that dates back to 1856. Walk around the Hand Drawn Tub Pumper from 1856 and the Aerial Ladder Truck from 1909. Don't miss the 1931 Light Truck that was sent to the New London School Explosion in 1937 and the Texas City Disaster in 1947. See the Gamewell Call Box Alarm System that was used before there were telephones!
Children can play on the firetruck simulator and visit the miniature house upstairs in the Children's Activity Center. [Carol Gary, 01/19/2008]
Beaumont, Texas - World's 3rd Largest Fire Hydrant The field has been filled with a walkway containing memorial bricks. There is a memorial to the firefighters who lost their lives on September 11. And the entire block is surrounded by normal-sized fire hydrants painted with the Dalmation spots.
Historic Crocket Street is only two blocks away and sports some pretty good night life. [Doug Farmer, 04/23/2007]
Nearby Offbeat Places
- Muffler Man - Happy Half Wit, Beaumont, TX - 2 mi.
- Gusher Monument and Replica Oil Boomtown, Beaumont, TX - 4 mi.
- Museum of the Gulf Coast - Janis Joplin Memorabilia, Port Arthur, TX - 18 mi.
- In the region: Heritage Garden Village, Woodville, TX - 52 mi.
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